Hi there! We wanted to put together a brief summary of recommendations so you're ready to evacuate your workplace (school, offices, industrial site etc.) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) guideline ‘How to Plan for Workplace Emergencies and Evacuations’ is a nice little guide that gives a useful overview on emergency planning. The section devoted to evacuations point out the following main points: Identify what potential emergencies would require an … [Read more...] about Evacuation – What to consider
Evacuation procedures: What to consider
Hello! In this post we are going to present some information that needs to be considered when putting together an evacuation procedure. We hope you like it! Australian Standard 'AS 3745 – Planning for Emergencies in Facilities' defines evacuation as the orderly movement of people from a place of danger. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, evacuate means to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe. We prefer the second definition because it includes the … [Read more...] about Evacuation procedures: What to consider